The last parcel from Brazil has cleared and ready to sprout. Seeds will drop Nov 14 at 5PM PST
www.hapajoesnursery.comAnnona malmeanaSweet Annona fruit from the Cerrado.
Annona reticulataFrom Brazilian YouTube collector Sandro Naciemento and shared. Tastes like raspberry cheesecake. No grainy texture usually associated with reticulata species.
Diospyros sericea is a species of tree in the family Ebenaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form. The fruit is a berry with sticky sweet jelly that sticks to the flesh.
Eugenia sellowiana Known as perinha (little pear), uvaia do campo (wild grape), Erect evergreen shrub, branched only at the base, with new brownish branches, 70-90 cm high, usually forming small clumps; found in the savannas of Central Brazil, Minas Gerais and São Paulo. Leaves are simple, leathery, glabrous (brown-tomentose when young on the underside), gray-green in color, 3-6 cm long, with a very short petiole. Flowers usually solitary, axillary, white, long-pedunculated, formed in September-October (in the Southern Hemisphere). Fruits globose-flat, dense-tormentose, yellow, with thin skin, very succulent pulp, pleasant sweet-acidic flavor, with 1-3 loose seeds.
Mangaba is the fruit of the mangabeira tree, a native of Brazilian tropical areas. The tree usually grows to a height of 5-6 meters, but can reach 10 meters. It begins to bear fruit at 3-5 years. The mangabeira is a hardy tree and grows well in sandy soils poor in nutrients. The fruit is oval and berry-shaped, yellow or greenish in color, sometimes with red pigmentation. When ripe it has a yellow skin with reddish marks, and a very aromatic, delicate smell. The flesh is soft, white, slightly viscous and fibrous, with a unique sweet flavor. The native people, who know the fruit well and used it widely, called it mangaba, which means ‘good fruit for eating’. As well as being very popular as a fresh fruit, mangaba is also used for making juices, ice creams, jams, pastries, preserves, distillates, and wines and syrup. When the fruit is ready it falls from the branch and finishes ripening on the ground over a period of 12 – 24 hours. The fruit gathered from the ground is the most highly prized but when ripe, mangaba perish very quickly and must be consumed, which is a problem for commercialization. For this reason fruit is mostly picked from the tree, and the fruit is ready to eat after two to four days. In this case some experience is needed to know exactly when to harvest the fruit. As it is so perishable, mangaba are mainly used for industrial processing into juice, ice cream and jam. Commercial use always involves freezing. The latex of the tree is suitable for making rubber and while it was widely used for the purpose in the past this is no longer the case. Some parts of the tree are used for folk medicine: the skin has astringent properties; the latex is used for bruises, inflammation, diarrhea, tuberculosis, ulcers and herpes. An infusion of the leaves helps menstrual pain. Mangaba only grows in Brazil and is most abundant in the highlands and plains along the coast of the Northeast Region and parts of the restinga. It is also found in the cerrado of the center-west, the north of Minas Gerais state and parts of Amazonia. Apart from its attractive flavor, mangaba is a means of survival for the local population. Supplies are almost totally dependent on harvesting wild fruit, and gathering still plays a significant socioeconomic and cultural role among traditional peoples. From November to April, gathering mangaba is one of the only sources of income for hundreds of families in various states of the northeast.
Campomanesia sp Cerrado roxaSweet and limited campomanesia found in the cerrado highlands of Brazil. Excellent plant for container growing. Light Campomanesia and light acidity with complex jelly flavor. Small medium hardness seeds.
Camponesia sp Cerrado laranjaVery sweet and limited campomanesia found in the cerrado highlands of Brazil. Excellent plant for container growing. Light Campomanesia and no acidity. Very sweet tropical flavor and ornament leaves. Bushy small growth . Small seeds.
Campomanesia pubescensSweet campomanesia found in the cerrado highlands of Brazil. Excellent plant for container growing. Medium Campomanesia flavor and light acidity. Bushy small growth . Small seeds.
Tailisia esculentaTalisia esculenta can grow to a height of 9–20 m, with a trunk up to 45 cm diameter. The leaves are arranged alternately, pinnately compound, with 5–11 leaflets, the leaflets 5–12 cm long and 2–5 cm broad.
The flowers are produced in a panicle 10–15 cm long, the individual flowers small and white. The fruit is round to ellipsoid in shape, 1.5–4 cm in diameter. Beneath the outer peel is the white, translucent, sweet-sour pulp with one or two large, elongated seeds
Eugenia ternatifolia Plinia aureana "Branca Mel" JaboticabaPlinia aureana "Branca Mel" or white honey Jaboticaba is noted as the largest cultivar of Plinia aureana which, combined with its relatively smaller seeds, makes it the most desirable of the aureanas. While most Plinia aureana fruit are in the 2.0 - 2.5 cm range, Branca Mel has reached 3 cm in diameter. The flavor of the fruit has a hint of honey in the taste which is characteristic of most Plinia aureana cultivars. The fruit is smooth (many aureanas are quite costate), globose, and may have minor remnants of the sepal. The leaves can be shorter, wider, and smoother than the typical form of Plinia aureana which often have deeply veined leaves. Branca Mel is known to fruit 3- 4 times a year beginning at 3.5 - 4 years of age making this a precocious jaboticaba. The cultivar is from Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
Psidium bergiana var cerrado vermelhoWe found this in the cerrado highlands of Brazil. An red variation of the best tasting psidium bergiana. It tastes like cherries with a psidium flavor finish. Extremely rare.
Plinia sp GrimalI grow a couple Grimal Jaboticaba and they grow awesome in SoCal.
Pouteria ramifloraIf an avocado and abiu crossed then this is the fruit. Frost hardy and ripe fruit was quite tasty. Abiu tasting flesh right around the seed and a firmer white flesh inside the skin with mild abiu flavor. Small and wonderful to eat out of hand.
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